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African butter catfish

Fish

The African butter catfish is a species of fish in the family Schilbeidae, native to many major river systems in Africa. It is also known by the common names butter fish, butter barbel, African glass catfish, lubangu, mystus catfish, silver barbel, and silver catfish, and was originally described as Silurus mystus by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Scientific Name
Schilbe mystus 2
Conservation Status
Least Concern 1
Body Size Band
Small 4
Activity Pattern
Nocturnal 1
Lifespan
7 4
Classification
Diet
Omnivore 1
System (Realm)
Freshwater 1
Relationship to People
Kept as Pets 1
Living or Extinct
Yes 2
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Siluriformes, Taxa
Source African butter catfish (Wikidata)

In Biome

River, Biomes
Source African butter catfish (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

China

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

United States

Also in Geography Atlas: where this subject is found.

Sources
1. African butter catfish (Wikipedia)
  • Introduction
    The African butter catfish (Schilbe mystus) is a species of fish in the family Schilbeidae. It is native to many major river systems in Africa.
  • Article text
    The species is most active at night or in subdued light.
  • Uses
    It is also sold in the aquarium trade.
  • Description
    It feeds from mid-water and surface waters on fish, insects, crustaceans, ostracods, snails, seeds, leaves, roots, diatoms, algae, and fruit.
  • Infobox: status
    LC
  • In Biome: River, Wikipedia intro: "catfish (Schilbe mystus) is a species of fish in the family Schilbeidae. It is native to many major river systems in Africa. Other common names for the fish inc..."
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2. African butter catfish (Wikidata)
Wikidata
  • Wikidata Q134992 (P225 taxon name)
  • Statements section, conservation status (P141)
    IUCN Red List conservation status (Wikidata property P141): least concern.
  • Child Taxon Of: Siluriformes, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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3. UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat): Species+: Siluriformes
UNEP-WCMC Species+ database (CITES Secretariat)Species+ taxon_concepts, id 119
Quote, Species+ taxon_concepts, id 119
"cites_listing":"I/II/NC","eu_listing":"A/B/NC","higher_taxa":{"kingdom":"Animalia","phylum":"Chordata","class":"Actinopteri","order":"Siluriformes","family":null},"synonyms":[],"common_names":[{"name":"鲇形目","language":"ZH"}],"cites_listings":[]
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4. FishBase: Schilbe mystus
FishBase
  • Size, weight, age
    max. reported age: 7 years
  • Size, weight, age, body size band
    max. published weight: 250.00 g
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